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Offline GEOFFREY

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Balsa Scrap or???
« on: December 31, 2007, 09:11:55 AM »
annual kind of straighten out the shop. i don't know if i am by myself on this?  Balsa leftovers, short pieces of  Dowels, brass, fuel line. . AT what point do we  trash  a small piece of 3/32 so that the  next time you need a small gusset you don't have to cut into a whole  sheet. .i hope i am not the only one sitting at my bench with my balsa stripper cutting cap strips  for the next 20 aircraft i MIGHT need them for. Happy New Year to you all. maybe i have spent to much time in the shop.Does anyone still bowl ????  Geoffrey  back to the shop
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Re: Balsa Scrap or???
« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2007, 09:50:31 AM »
I'm one of those who has a hard time getting rid of the scraps!  I have a shelf full of pieces of balsa of the  "I could use that some time" variety, a box of plywood scraps,  a box for brass strips and tank material, a box for brass and alum tubing, and a couple of boxes of leftover metal scraps from my lathe and mill.

BTW, I still bowl, once a week in the old-folks league from the senior penal colony I live in.  I wish I could still bowl the way I remember (or imagine) I could!
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Re: Balsa Scrap or???
« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2007, 10:31:10 AM »
Yea, I go through my scrap shelf every so often and weed out the pieces most like not to be used. It can be a tough choice. As said, I hate to cut into a new sheet for some little gusset or something. So I keep a lot of what is probably junk around. But it does get used. Just not as much as I accumulate.
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Re: Balsa Scrap or???
« Reply #3 on: December 31, 2007, 11:52:55 AM »
Wow, I struggle with this continually. I have saved cubic feet of scrap and sometimes I even remember to go through it before I cut a new part out of a new sheet. Its very frustrating since the price of balsa has gone up so much. I've never been able to bring myself to toss more then a couple pieces at a time.
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Re: Balsa Scrap or???
« Reply #4 on: December 31, 2007, 01:30:51 PM »
Hmmmmmm saving scrap balsa, what a Sterling idea !!! y1 y1 y1 y1
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Re: Balsa Scrap or???
« Reply #5 on: December 31, 2007, 03:39:09 PM »
I have an old Magnum box FULL of balsa scraps, and please don't take this as my bragging, but I go through it all the time for small parts, and all too often I end up in the new balsa cabinet for a bigger chunk because the scrap box comes close but not close enough. ~> S?P
I try from time to time to reduce the amount in the scrap box, but it's almost like kicking my dog!  Ain't gonna happen!  HB~> :!
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Re: Balsa Scrap or???
« Reply #6 on: January 02, 2008, 02:27:17 AM »
Often I can go through the scrap box and find little pieces to replace kit wood that I have deemed to heavy (or in a few cases to light). I have a really hard time chucking any wood larger than 2" square. I do the same thing with MonoKote. It's kind of a sickness, really.
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Re: Balsa Scrap or???
« Reply #7 on: January 02, 2008, 02:58:57 PM »
Quote from Ty - I have as much as the Leester or maybe even more. Guys, there "ain't no such a thing" as SCRAP balsa, just odd sizes.  LL~  I have built entire planes from my odd sized balsa. Lots of 4-65 pound stuff lurking there. D>K H^^
Also more than one trainer as morfed out of that pile.  y1

Ty - do you really have some 65 pound stock?  I need to brace up a sagging door on my outer shop.
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Will
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Re: Balsa Scrap or???
« Reply #8 on: January 03, 2008, 12:42:06 PM »
Yup, it's called the saving syndrome an it is usually not curable. Last week i knocked down several kit bokes that were full of scraps and did I throw anything away. NO but idid find sone stuff in it i was looking for a few months ago. Why am I keeping all this. I figure after i pass it will give my relatives somthin to do. LL~ LL~ LL~ LL~ LL~ LL~ LL~ LL~ LL~ LL~ LL~ LL~ LL~ LL~ LL~ LL~ HB~>
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Re: Balsa Scrap or???
« Reply #9 on: January 04, 2008, 09:29:21 AM »
Quote from: Will Hinton on January 02, 2008, 02:58:57 PM
Quote from Ty - I have as much as the Leester or maybe even more. Guys, there "ain't no such a thing" as SCRAP balsa, just odd sizes.  LL~  I have built entire planes from my odd sized balsa. Lots of 4-65 pound stuff lurking there. D>K H^^
Also more than one trainer as morfed out of that pile.  y1

Ty - do you really have some 65 pound stock?  I need to brace up a sagging door on my outer shop.
Blessings,
Will

Hi Brother Will,

I caught that "65" lbs stock reference ,also.  But never having even HEARD of 65 lb. balsa................... LL~ LL~ LL~ LL~
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Re: Balsa Scrap or???
« Reply #10 on: January 06, 2008, 08:40:23 PM »
Quote from: GEOFFREY on December 31, 2007, 09:11:55 AM
annual kind of straighten out the shop. i don't know if i am by myself on this?  Balsa leftovers, short pieces of  Dowels, brass, fuel line. . AT what point do we  trash  a small piece of 3/32 so that the  next time you need a small gusset you don't have to cut into a whole  sheet. .i hope i am not the only one sitting at my bench with my balsa stripper cutting cap strips  for the next 20 aircraft i MIGHT need them for. Happy New Year to you all. maybe i have spent to much time in the shop.Does anyone still bowl ????  Geoffrey  back to the shop


Veco Squaw, huh? Tried to fool us with the funny canopy, didja?  n1 Steve
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Re: Balsa Scrap or???
« Reply #11 on: January 06, 2008, 11:33:15 PM »
i really forgot if it was the squaw or warrior  been hanging out for about forty years . have striped now and the ambroid seem to still holding  .veco 29 power . hope to have restored for spring. 
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